Dr. Maurice A. Hunt, chair and research professor of English, had an article titled "Transforming Love's Pain in The Faerie Queene" accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of Explorations in Renaissance Culture.

Dr. Richard R. Russell, assistant professor of English, had an essay titled "The Liberating Fictional Truth of Community in Brian Friel's The Freedom of the City" accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of South Atlantic Review. He had an article titled "Reading John McGahern's The Barracks Through Yeat's 'Down by the Salley Gardens'" accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of Notes on Contemporary Literature.

PRESENTATIONS AND PARTICIPATIONS

Dr. Francis J. Beckwith, associate director of the J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies and associate professor of church-state studies, made the following presentations: "Needy Beings and Being Needy: A Response to David Boonin's Distinction Between Responsibility for Existence and Responsibility for Neediness" March 23-27 at an American Philosophical Association Pacific division annual meeting in San Francisco; "It's the Epistemology Stupid!: Science, Public Schools and What Counts as Knowledge" Nov. 17-19 at an Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting in San Antonio; "The Explanatory Power of the Substance View of Persons, With Responses to Boonin, Stretton and Thomson" Nov. 17-19 at an Evangelical Philosophical Society annual meeting in San Antonio; "Thomson's 'Equal Reasonableness' Argument for Abortion Rights: A Critique" Aug. 31-Sept. 4 at an American Political Science Association annual meeting in Chicago; "Is Statecraft Soulcraft?" Feb. 14-16 at Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio; "Abortion and the Jurisprudence of Neutrality" Feb. 3 at the University of Denver School of Law; "Roe v. Wade: Its Logic and Its Legacy" Jan. 26 at St. Vincent's College in Latrobe, Penn.; and "Is Statecraft Soulcraft?" October 5-6 at Lincoln Christian College and Seminary in Lincoln, Ill. He participated in a debate on the topic "Is it Constitutionally Permissible to Teach Intelligent Design in Public Schools?" April 15 at Harvard Law School. He participated in a debate on the topic "Same-Sex Marriage: Should the Traditional Understanding of Marriage as a One-Flesh Communion Be Abandoned?" Nov. 20 at an American Academy of Religion annual meeting in San Antonio.

Dr. Bryan W. Brooks, assistant professor of environmental studies, had a co-authored paper titled "Invasion Success of Prymnesium parvum in a Deep, Sub-tropical Reservoir: The Role of Inorganic Nutrients" presented at an American Society of Limmnology and Oceanography annual meeting in Salt Lake City by Reagan Errera, Texas A&M University graduate student. Additional co-authors are Dr. Daniel Roelke, Texas A&M University, Dr. Richard Kiesling, U.S. Geological Survey, and Dr. Jim Grover, University of Texas at Arlington. He had co-authored papers titled "Individual and Mixture Toxicity of Three Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors to Vibrio fishceri and Daphnia magna" and "Wastewater Effluent Water Quality: A Comparative Analysis of Municipal and On-site Systems" presented March 3-5 at a Texas Academy of Science annual meeting at University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg. First paper presenter was Temidayo Fadelu, Baylor undergraduate, and additional co-authors are Beth Glidewell, Baylor graduate student, and Fabiola Ureña-Montoya, research technician in environmental studies. Second paper presenter was Santos Garcia, Baylor undergraduate, and additional co-authors are Rebecca Clubbs and Brian Scheffe, Baylor graduate students, and Dr. Joe C. Yelderman Jr., professor of geology.

Robert F. Darden III, assistant professor of English, presented a lecture on gospel music March 19 at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon.

Dr. William V. Davis, professor of English and Writer-in Residence, gave a reading of his poetry Feb. 24-26 at a South Central Conference on Christianity and Literature meeting in Santa Fe, N.M.

Dr. Richard E. Duhrkopf, associate professor of biology, coordinated a mosquito control workshop sponsored by the Texas Mosquito Control Association March 16-17 in Amarillo. He presented workshops on mosquito control April 12 in Tyler, April 14 in Fort Worth, April 26 in San Angelo and April 28 in Plainview.

Dr. David E. Pennington, professor of chemistry and Master Teacher, presented a paper on Baylor's premedical/predental program April 14-17 at a Southeastern Association of Advisors for the Health Professions meeting in Nashville.

Dr. Richard R. Russell, assistant professor of English, presented "The Tragedy of Imelda's Silence in William Trevor's Fools of Fortune" Feb. 25 at an American Conference for Irish Studies regional meeting in Houston.

Karl A. Umlauf, professor of art and Artist-in-Residence, exhibited works in the Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition at the Heuser Art Center, the Hartmann Art Center, Illinois Central College and the Contemporary Art Center in Peoria, Ill., and his drawing titled "Desert Odyssey" was awarded the Bradley University Office of Provost Purchase Award.

Dr. Kenneth T. Wilkins, professor of biology, interim graduate program director and associate dean for graduate studies and research, presented a co-authored paper titled "Use of Urban Roosts By the Mexican Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida brasiliensis" April 14-16 at a Southwestern Association of Naturalists annual meeting at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. Co-author is Jeff Scales, former Baylor student.

HONORS

Dr. Robert M. Baird, chair and professor of philosophy and Master Teacher, received the Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year Award from Baylor.

Dr. Francis J. Beckwith, associate director of the J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies and associate professor of church-state studies, was elected to the American Philosophical Association's Committee On Philosophy And Law.

Dr. Norman L. Gilchrest, professor emeritus of health, human performance and recreation, received the Luther Gulick Medal from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance in recognition of long and distinguished service to the profession.

IN THE NEWS

Robert F. Darden III, assistant professor of English, was interviewed March 27 and April 2 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's "Tapestry" program about his book People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music.